Kern County Obituaries

Gerald Thomas Edwards

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 1 Nov 1951

Accident Kills Lancaster Youth 
Gerald Thomas Edwards, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Edwards of Lancaster 
was struck and killed, by an auto while he was attempting to catch a ride just south of 
Rosamond Tuesday afternoon. Edwin Cline, probation Officer at CVI, Lancaster had 
stopped to pick up the boy, when he saw a car approaching rapidly from the rear. 
Mr.Cline started to pull over to the right, and the approaching car did the same, 
striking the boy as it passed. Both cars were headed south. The driver of the second 
car was Joseph Bechler, 76, of Long Beach. The boy was taken to Mojave Hospital 
by the O'Donnell ambulance where he was pronounced dead on arrival.	
The Edwards family is well known in Mojave, having resided in the Naval Housing 
until July of this year when they moved to the Campbell Ranch west of Lancaster. The 
boy had been employed at the local Safeway store and was also a member of the 
Young People's Fellowship of the Com. Congregational Church. Services under the 
direction of the O'Donnell Funeral Home are pending.